The SFWEB3D presents X3D Unreal and for Real: Making Content in X3D. X3D and Realtime3D are fast becoming the next phase of digital media for the Web, corporate intranets, hand helds, phones and beyond. This month's meeting is a special "hands on look at making X3D content." First, Dave Arendash of Manyone.net, the new owners of the Flux X3D browser, will show us how to make X3D and VRML scenes and worlds using the UNREAL game engine and editor. Arendash has created an exporter that will convert Unreal levels and worlds into X3D. Second, Joe Williams who works on the X3D spec, will take those interested in the nuts and bolts code of X3D into examples of how to make x3d content with just code via notepad or any text editor. The free event will run from 7:00

Sin City now has its own convention dedicated to the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, imaginative art in all its guises and influence on technology. From rockets-to-the-moon to your garage band podcast, traditional art to CGI and digital graphics, movie magic, independent film to imaginative literature old and new. Robert J. Sawyer is the author guest of honor and internationally known master of gothic art Brom is the artist guest of honor. Oscar-winning vfx technician Joe Viskocil will be the media guest of honor.

Check out demonstrations of the leading software and pick up pointers from the pros. There will be movies, panels and demonstrations, things to buy and things to try and parties.

Get everything for a $50 membership through www.xanadulasvegas.com.

IDEAlliance, a leading industry association dedicated to fostering XML and other information technology standards, will host the XML Conference and Exposition 2004, at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel. The theme of this year's conference is "XML -- From Syntax to Solutions." Presenters will include industry titans such as Microsoft, DaimlerChrysler, IBM and Oracle, as well as renowned industry analysts and smaller firms working on the cutting edge of XML technologies and solutions. XML 2004's educational programs will cover a wide array of critical XML topics. Educational "tracks" will include: B2B, case studies, client applications, core technologies, government, graphics/multimedia, integration, knowledge management, late breaking news, product presentations, interoperability demonstrations, publishing, storing XML, town halls, vertical industries and Web services. For information on exhibiting at XML 2004, visit www.xmlconference.org/xmlusa/2004/exhibits.html.

The Xth Edition of the Image Workshop "Zero on Behavior",Coordinated by the CGAI and the Master in Digital Creation and Communication, feature this year an amazing program of recognized international lecturers, an overview of the state of the art in 3D computer graphics and its role in media:


-Gabriel White (Digital Artist 3D.MillFilm, UK)


-Mike Milne (Director of Computer Animation.
Framestore CFC, UK)


-Juan Buhler (Lead Effects Animator. PDI/Dreamworks, San Francisco,USA)


-Juan Tomicic (Daiquiri/Spainbox, Spain)


-Juan Nouche, Alberto Taracido, Javier Reigada y David Caeiro (Dygra Films, Spain)


-Isaac Kerlow (Director Digital Production and Talent, Technology and New Media. Walt Disney Company, Los Angeles, USA)



The aids to the digital creation in Europe, Spain and Galicia will be discussed with :


-Ignacio Otero, Director of the Audiovisual Production and Social Communication, Xunta de Galicia.Spain.


-Jesus Hernadez, Mediadesk Spain.



There will be screenings every day affter the conferences:

Shrek,
Episode II: Attack of the Clones,
The Living Forest,
Walking with Beasts and
Black Hawk Down, among others.

http://mccd.udc.es/mundosdigitales or

http://www.cgai.org

X|Media|Lab is a one day international conference on creativity, business, and technology of new media content (general admission); followed by the 2-day X|Media|Lab, an elite hands-on workshop for comanpanies and project teams working on their own project ideas (selected projects only).

X|Media|Lab (and the Pro Day Conference) will take place June 15-17th at the Singapore Exhibition Centre alongside the huge Broadcast Asia trade show which also includes summits on Digital Broadcasting, Digital Cinema, Interactive Television, Mobile Content, Animation, Computer Graphics, and Games.

The theme for the first X|Media|Lab in Singapore is primarily for companies and project teams developing animation, graphics, and games projects. Eight projects will be selected to participate in the Lab.

X|Media|Lab focuses exclusively on helping create successful commercial media projects by working on the creative, technology, and business propositions and increasing the chance of the projects getting commercial funding, and succeeding in the marketplace.
Nominate your project team now for inclusion in the Lab and become part of an elite network of new media superstars.

WiCM and co-sponsor ASIFA East are hosting an event featuring David B. Levy and his new book, YOUR CAREER IN ANIMATION: HOW TO SURVIVE AND THRIVE. Levy will moderate a panel that includes: * Linda Simensky, senior director of children's programming for PBS Kids * Tom Warburton, creator of Cartoon Network's CODENAME: KIDS NEXT DOOR * Elanna Allen, animation designer and creator * Bill Plympton, animator and creator of the Oscar nominated short GUARD DOG * Jackson Publick, creator of Adult Swim's VENTURE BROS. Topics will include: * Get the most out of school * Network effectively * Keep job skills marketable * Build a portfolio or reel * Cope with unemployment * Learn from on-the-job criticism * Pitch and sell a show of your own or go into business for yourself Starting at 6:30 pm, the event will take place at NYU Tisch, 721 Broadway, Lower Concourse, Room 006. Admission is $10 for WIA members. For more information, visit www.womeninchildrensmedia.org/events.htm.

Tired of paying just to have your project looked at? We are too. That is why we DON'T charge a submission fee. ZIFF 2004 is an irreverent film/video festival in its SIXTH year, held in San Francisco in the backyard of a bar called Zeitgeist (seats 300). We seek short films/videos (under 15 minutes) in any category /genre that will hold the attention of the average bar patron. Formats: 16mm, vhs, mini-dv. Preview on VHS (NTSC). Entry Fee: NO ENTRY FEE

ZEITGIEST is a unique and ambitious multimedia, musical event by P.J. Merola. This event is free and not for profit. It runs from May 29 - June 3, 2007 at 8:00-9:30 pm.

ZEITGEIST is an abstract, aesthetic exploration of personal belief and social myth -- told through a multimedia work of live solo percussion, stereo video displays and electronic music. Using animation, live performance, drama, humor, and narrative, ZEITGEIST attempts to bring its audience to a place that most likely counters what they believe as true.

Please visit http://www.zeitgeistnyc.com for a video preview and to make reservations.

Zlin Festival is one of the oldest festivals dedicated to films for children and youth. Films compete in six sections - film for children, for youth, animated film, European debuts, student films and films from Visegrad countries. The project is supported by the Czech Parliament and Ministry of Culture, the EU Media Programme and the International Visegrad Fund. Festival is held under the auspices the Czech UNESCO Commission and the Czech UNICEF Commission. For more information, visit www.zlinfest.cz.

First annual Zoomgo Film Fest 2000 is celebrating creativity, talent and achievement through the use of streaming media and the Internet. The festival will showcase works from around the world ranging from animations to shorts. There will be 100 films/animations selected and posted on the festival site where a panel of professionals from the Independent Film/Animation Industry will judge the top 10 voted films. There will be three overall cash awards: 1st place - US$5,000, 2nd place - $1,000 and 3rd place - $500. Voting will start on June 1, 2000 at zoomgo.com.